The ethics committee contacted by the organizers of the Paris Olympics recommended in a post on Instagram on Monday that former basketball player Emilie Gomis be excluded from her role as an ambassador for the event because of her positioning against Israel in the war against Hamas . It is now up to the organizing committee to make the decision whether or not to terminate the 2012 Olympic runner-up's contract with Les Bleues, who is also a member of the Paris-2024 board.
Two days after the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7, Emilie Gomis published a message in which we saw maps of France from 1947, 1967 and 2023, on which the tricolor that covered French territory gradually passed the Israeli flag was replaced by this question: “What would you do in this situation?” » This illustration, which remained online for 24 hours, “clearly refers to events affecting the State of Israel and Palestine, in particular the Gaza Strip, in particular the United Nations plan to partition Palestine. In 1947, the six- “The Day War and the vote on United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 in 1967,” recalled the Ethics Commission. “The publication can also legitimately be interpreted to mean that the France of 2023, whose map is dominated by the Star of David, will also be 'invaded by Jews',” the panel further suggests. The criticized Emilie Gomis finally apologized on December 3rd “to those who felt hurt” on Instagram and added: “The accusations of anti-Semitism that I am facing are in complete contradiction to the values that were instilled in me and them.” This sport has taught me. »
For the Council of Representatives of Jewish Institutions of France, this message remained inadequate and on the same day demanded that she be removed from her position as ambassador for the 2024 Olympics. For the Ethics Committee, these excuses “should not in this case diminish the seriousness of the violation found”, especially since, if it “admits a form of clumsiness (…), it does not reject the content of this publication”. . It also recalls that, according to the Paris-2024 Ethics Charter, its members and collaborators must “respect the duty of restraint in their public expression” and “refrain from any action that could damage the image or reputation of Paris-2024.” .